Justin, then it's not a userspace vswitch, right? 2012/4/9 Justin Pettit <[email protected]>
> Yes, you need to build the kernel module as described in INSTALL.Linux. > The important part is the "--with-linux" option in the configure line. > Make sure that points to your kernel sources. > > --Justin > > > On Apr 8, 2012, at 12:38 PM, evo evo wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I am new to openvswitch, want to compile and install userspace vswitch, > i am using ubuntu/64bit AMD machine. > > > > I followed all the steps on INSTALL.Linux and INSTALL.Linux. > > > > * ovsdb-server is running smoothly. > > * ovs-vswitchd is able to connect to ovsdb-server. > > > > but i see below error when i start ovs-vswitchd by "ovs-vswitchd > --pidfile --detach": > > > > 2012-04-08T19:12:25Z|00004|dpif_linux|ERR|Generic Netlink family > 'ovs_datapath' does not exist. The Open vSwitch kernel module is probably > not loaded. > > 2012-04-08T19:12:25Z|00005|dpif|WARN|failed to enumerate system > datapaths: No such file or directory > > > > > > 1) How do i resolve above error? > > 2) Do i need to compile kernel module to resolve above error? > > 3) One more thing, when i compile openvswitch i get all the binaries on > /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin but i don't see > > any "datapath/linux/openvswitch.ko" being genrated, not sure if there is > any separate compilation for this. > > > > Any info will be very helpful for me. > > > > thanks, > > > > regards, > > Evo. > > _______________________________________________ > > discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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